The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-07-14
PROSPERITY.

Judge Boozer's practice is increasing.
Close attention to any vocation IN lie
will insure success.
Mrs. W.R. Capers, OF Columbia, is
spending some time in our town, tne
guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. F. V. Capers.
Mrs. Pink Bradburn. who has been
sick very near unto death, we are glad
to say is improving, and her speedy re-
covery is expected.
Mr.. Marion Miller, who has been an
invalid for long time, is now stopping
here while to try the medical qualities
OF our mineral we'll.
The Sunday School room attached to
! Grace Church has been completed, and
will be dedicated to the service OF God
on the fourth Sunday in July. inst.
Messrs. W. P. Hair and Foster Slaw-
son, OF Silver Street, have spent several
very enjoyable days among their old
friends and relatives in and around town.
Monroe J. Epting, Theological stu
dent OF Newberry Seminary, preached
an able sermon in Grace Church on last
Sunday. Mr.. Epting will fill Rev. Mr..
Marks pulpit during Mr.. MS absence.
We would respectfully submit to the
town authorities and board O: health
that if various bitches and sundry places
of unpleasantness and uncleanness were
Investigated there might be less fever in
| our town.
Prof. Schcetz is confined to his room
with rheumatism. We had hardly
thought there was enough Of the Pro-
fessor's flesh to get up much OF pain.
but we were mistaken. We hope to see
him out soon.
Mt. Tabor high school, Mt. Pilgrim,
Excelsior, Locust Grove and St. Luke's
schools have all opened again. Hot
weather, children, be careful, your cloth
ing is not thick enough now to offer
much resistance to external applications.
The gentle showers for the past week
have been somewhat partial. Some Sec
tons have had an abundance, while
others are needing rain, though no Sec
ton is materially suffering, and tie
farmers are all still iubilant over the
crop prospects.
G. B. Cromer, Esq, Of &ewberry,
will address the Y. NJ. G. A. in Grace
Church Oh next Sunday night. The
public is invited to attend. Something
real good may be expected from the
speaker, and we feel safe in saying that
such expectations will not be disaI-
pointed.
At a meeting OF the citizens OF No. 9
township on last Saturday, G. L. Sease,
DR.. e. I. Wychc, R. r. C. Hunter, J. p.
Bowers and a. n. Boland were elected
to represent the stock Of number 9, in
Columbia on Tuesday night to elect
board of directors for the C. N. & L.
Railroad.
On Tuesday night some party or par
| ties forced the lock to MIR. w. P. Koon's
meat house and stole large side of
bacon, ham and a quantity OF flour.
| Mr.. Koon thinks he is On track of the
party and has taken out warrant to-
day. This is one of series OF robberies
that has been perpetrated in the Pc
maria section. We hope Mr.. Koon will
succeed in arresting the guilty party or
parties and bring them to justice.
Another ''Dr." has been added to the
list in our town. This time it is ''Dr."
A. II. kohn. He has purchased the en-
tire stock OF drugs and chemicals of S.
L. Fellers. The business will be carried
on at the old stand under the efficient
management Of J. A. Simpson, druggist
and pharmacist. Mr.. Il. is an "dggres-
sive" merchant. He will not abandon
his other business in any manner, he
simply enlargcs his business by purchas-
ing another entirely different stock of
goods. Success to you, young man.
The long and much talked OF depot is
now completed, and we are proul of it.
1t is not only the most substantial, but
the finest structure of the kind on the
Columbia and Greenville division. 1t is
a beauty and an ornament to our town.
The building is 81 feet in length by 30
feet in width, with roof projection of
3 feet at each end and 81 feet on the
sides. Tie "weathe. boards or sheath
ing, are machine prepared, with inch
flat surface, and , inch cove, and is
wainscotted TO window stills, and tongued
and grooved. The windows are of mod
ern style, with eight large panes Of glass,
each sash being movable. The passen-
ger department is 26 by 80 feet, and is
divided into four compartments or rooms,
viz: ladies' waiting room, gents waiting
room, agents Office and bed room, with
bay-window facing the railroad in
which is the telegraph office. The sides
and overhead are all ceiled with four
beaded, fancy, machine prepared ceiling;
the sides are wainscotted four feet, and
moulding, feet horizontal and mould
ing, and then finished at an angle OF
about 45 degrees and moulding the
floors are all doubled, and the last one
tongued and grooyed; not nail head
is to be seen; the roof is fire-proof, being
covered with slate no danger OF CATCH
ing fire from the engine and other sparks;
the body of the building outside is paint
ed q sage color, trimmed in olive, with |
the projections in sky-blue, The whole |
presents most beautiful contrast. The
inside is finished in oil, with the mould
ings and trimmings in mahogany. 10
realize its features you must see them.
The workmanship and material from